He did not confirm whether or not the industry would lose business as a result, but said the negativ

THE Canadian government has threatened to deal a blow to The Bahamas tourism industry by advising its citizens to “exercise a high degree of caution, especially in Nassau, due to high rates of crime”.
While there is “no nationwide advisory in effect rental cars orlando for the Bahamas”, the warning on Wednesday, issued via the government website www.canada.ca, urged travellers to be vigilant and raised the alert status rental cars orlando from normal.
Robert Ready, the non-resident Canadian High Commissioner for The Bahamas, told The Tribune yesterday that the release of the enhanced warning rental cars orlando came with the lead-up to the peak winter tourism rental cars orlando season in mind.
We’re aware of some increased violent activity in and around Nassau, and aware of what our international partners are doing – and thinking – with regard to their various advisories, and some tour operators.”
rental cars orlando Mr Ready said the Canadian government regularly assessed the crime and security situation in Nassau, and kept it under constant review. “Our advisory speaks for itself,” he said. “There has been an increase in violent activity, and we have Canadians certainly wanting to be travelling to The Bahamas during tourist season. We want them to be cognisant of the situation and behave accordingly.”
Mr Wilchcombe said although Canada was “simply following the protocol of other countries,” particular attention must be paid to the reports because “a large number rental cars orlando of our business to Grand Bahama comes from Canada.”
“Canada has been driving the rebound of Grand Bahama as opposed to the USA, which has been driving tourism throughout the Bahamas but in New Providence in particular,” he said. “Grand Bahama is now being driven by arrivals coming out of Canada.
“We had seen a decline in Grand Bahama as it relates to tourism for many decades and we have not seen a recovery since 2004. So with Sunwing coming on board, we saw the opening of The Reef which became Memories, and of course new airlifts and new gates in Toronto and other gates in Canada that changed the entire game. This year you’ll see new flights from places like Vancouver beginning November 1st. So it’s imperative that we continuously rental cars orlando work on our general perception in the world globally.”
He did not confirm whether or not the industry would lose business as a result, but said the negative reports were “not good for the country” and that the “imagery rental cars orlando of the country” is affected whenever there is a spate of violent rental cars orlando crime.
Mr Wilchcombe shared the same sentiments yesterday, and when questioned as to what could have caused such a report rental cars orlando despite rental cars orlando Canada playing a vital role in Grand Bahama’s economy, he attributed it to the April 8 murder of Canadian resident Edgar Dart, who was killed when a masked gang attacked his mother’s home in Emerald Bay, Grand Bahama.
“The nations have responsibilities,” he said. “We cannot take exception to certain places wishing to advise their citizens before they travel. Truth be told I believe it has a lot to do with what happened earlier; the Dart homicide that’s still under investigation. They (Canada) perhaps just raised the red flag of caution.
“I think they are simply following the protocol of other countries, but I know full well there are no ongoing activities or situations that anyone can point to that links to any crime wave in Grand Bahama.
“I weigh the concerns every day because as we are seeking to secure our economy again, help create sustainability, we also know how vulnerable any country would be, particularly developing states when we are so dependent upon tourism. Any instance can cause a major reversal in the trend we are on right now.
“So, yes, I am always cautiously concerned about what is going on and reports that might be travelling whether its the internet or the mainstream media. As Minister of Tourism we must always seek to have a constant reminder to the world of the wonderful Bahamas that they’ve heard of. They must always be assured that insofar as crime in concerned our ministry of national security, our police, our defence force and all those who are related to crime solving, ensure that we can eliminate the circumstance.”